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Secretary for Health
Position in the Hong Kong Government
Position in the Hong Kong Government
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Hong Kong |
| Special Administrative Region | |
| Secretary for Health | |
| 醫務衞生局局長 | |
| insignia | Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg |
| insigniacaption | Emblem of Hong Kong |
| department | Health Bureau |
| image | Lo_Chung-mau_in_2019.jpg |
| incumbent | Lo Chung-mau |
| incumbentsince | 1 July 2022 |
| style | The Honourable |
| appointer | Central People's Government |
| nomination by Chief Executive | |
| inaugural | Katherine Fok |
| Secretary for Health and Welfare | |
| York Chow | |
| Secretary for Food and Health | |
| Lo Chung-mau | |
| Secretary for Health | |
| formation | 1 July 1997 |
| 1 July 2007 | |
| 1 July 2022 | |
| salary | HK$4,021,200 per annum |
| website | Health Bureau |
Main article: Health in Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region](hong-kong-special-administrative-region) Secretary for Health 醫務衞生局局長 nomination by Chief Executive Secretary for Health and Welfare York Chow Secretary for Food and Health Lo Chung-mau Secretary for Health 1 July 2007 1 July 2022
The Secretary for Health () is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, who heads the Health Bureau. The current office holder is Lo Chung-mau.
The position was created on 1 July 2022, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government. It replaced the previous Secretary for Food and Health, and the portfolio with foods transferred to the Secretary for Environment and Ecology.
Before that, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food () was created as a ministerial position who headed the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (HWFB). It was replaced by Secretary for Food and Health on 1 July 2007, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government. It replaced the previous Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, and the portfolio with welfare transferred to the Secretary for Labour and Welfare.
The SH is a politically appointed position. In other words, its term expires when the Chief Executive leaves office. The secretary is also a member of the Executive Council (ExCo).
List of office holders
Political party:
Secretaries for Social Services, 1973–1983
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[File:No image.svg | 80px]] | Li Fook-kow | ||
| 李福逑 | 1973 | 1977 | Sir Murray MacLehose | ||
| (1971–1982) | |||||
| 1 | [[File:No image.svg | 80px]] | Eric Peter Ho | ||
| 何鴻鑾 | 12 April 1977 | 6 February 1983 | |||
| Sir Edward Youde | |||||
| (1971–1982) |
Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1983–1997
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[File:No image.svg | 80px]] | Henry Ching | ||
| 程慶禮 | 2 May 1983 | 30 November 1984 | Sir Edward Youde | ||
| (1982–1986) | |||||
| 2 | [[File:No image.svg | 80px]] | John Walter Chambers | ||
| 湛保庶 | 1 December 1984 | 30 September 1988 | |||
| Sir David Wilson | |||||
| (1987–1992) | |||||
| 3 | [[File:No image.svg | 80px]] | Chau Tak-hay | ||
| 周德熙 | 1 October 1988 | January 1990 | |||
| 4 | [[File:No image.svg | 80px]] | Elizabeth Wong | ||
| 黃錢其濂 | January 1990 | September 1994 | |||
| Chris Patten | |||||
| (1992–1997) | |||||
| 5 | [[File:No image.svg | 80px]] | Katherine Fok | ||
| 霍羅兆貞 | September 1994 | 30 June 1997 |
Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1997–2002
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan}} align=center | 1 | [[File:No image.svg | 80px]] | Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching | |||
| 霍羅兆貞 | 1 July 1997 | 19 September 1999 | Tung Chee-hwa | ||||
| (1997–2005) | 1 | ||||||
| Nonpartisan}} align=center | 2 | [[File:Yeoh Eng-kiong.JPG | 80px]] | Yeoh Eng-kiong | |||
| 楊永強 | 20 September 1999 | 30 June 2002 |
Secretaries for Health, Welfare and Food, 2002–2007
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan}} align=center | 1 | [[File:Yeoh Eng-kiong.JPG | 80px]] | Yeoh Eng-kiong | |||
| 楊永強 | 1 July 2002 | 11 October 2004 | Tung Chee-hwa | ||||
| (1997–2005) | 2 | ||||||
| Nonpartisan}} align=center | 2 | [[File:York Chow Yat-ngok.jpg | 80px]] | York Chow Yat-ngok | |||
| 周一嶽 | 12 October 2004 | 30 June 2007 | |||||
| Donald Tsang | |||||||
| (2005–2012) | 2 |
Secretaries for Food and Health, 2007–2022
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan}} align=center | 1 | [[File:York Chow Yat-ngok.jpg | 80px]] | York Chow Yat-ngok | |||
| 周一嶽 | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2012 | Donald Tsang | ||||
| (2005–2012) | 3 | ||||||
| Nonpartisan}} align=center | 2 | [[File:Ko Wing-man in 2019.jpg | 80px]] | Ko Wing-man | |||
| 高永文 | 1 July 2012 | 30 June 2017 | Leung Chun-ying | ||||
| (2012–2017) | 4 | ||||||
| Nonpartisan}} align=center | 3 | [[File:Sophia Chan Siu-chee 20190126.jpg | 80px]] | Sophia Chan Siu-chee | |||
| 陳肇始 | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 | Carrie Lam | ||||
| (2017–2022) | 5 |
Secretaries for Health, 2022–present
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan}} align=center | 1 | [[File:Lo_Chung-mau_in_2019.jpg | 80px]] | Lo Chung-mau | |||
| 盧寵茂 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | John Lee | ||||
| (2022–present) | 6 |
References
References
- (12 December 2016). "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government".
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